Name: A Silent Language: The Nobel Lecture
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Author: Fosse, Jon ; Searls, Damion
ISBN: 9781945492983

portada A Silent Language: The Nobel Lecture

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jon Fosse

Translated by

Damion Searls

Publisher

Transit Books

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

17.3 x 12.2 x 0.5 cm

Weight

0.07 kg.

ISBN13

9781945492983

Synopsis "A Silent Language: The Nobel Lecture"

The essential lecture delivered by the 2023 Nobel Laureate in Literature, published for the first time in a collectible edition."If there's any metaphor I would use for the act of writing, it would have to be listening," says Jon Fosse in A Silent Language, the lecture he delivered after being awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature. When he writes, Fosse explains, he listens for texts that exist somewhere outside of himself in order to transcribe them before they disappear. With reverence and humility, Fosse traces his relationship to writing and celebrates the capacity of language to embrace the mystery, complexity, and existential uncertainty of the human experience. "It is only in the silence that you can hear God's voice," he says, offering a key to his beloved works of drama and fiction. "Maybe."

Jon Fosse

(Author)

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Norwegian writer of novels, poetry, essays, and children's books. He is one of Europe's most prolific playwrights and his works have been translated into more than forty languages. Fosse was named a Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite of France in 2007, received the International Ibsen Award in 2010, and is the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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